ACR Review: A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff

A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff

Expected publication: February 12th 2013 by Philomel

(first published February 5th 2013) 

Hardcover, 288 pages

Series: Standalone

Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Source: I Won this ACR through goodreads first reads for free, the opinions in this review are my own.

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Summary from Goodreads

Savvy meets When You Reach Me in this intricately woven, magical tale

Told from multiple viewpoints, A Tangle of Knots is a magnificent puzzle. In a slightly magical world where everyone has a Talent, eleven-year-old Cady is an orphan with a phenomenal Talent for cake baking. But little does she know that fate has set her on a journey from the moment she was born. And her destiny leads her to a mysterious address that houses a lost luggage emporium, an old recipe, a family of children searching for their own Talents, and a Talent Thief who will alter her life forever. However, these encounters hold the key to Cady's mysterious past and how she became an orphan. If she's lucky, fate may reunite her with her long-lost father.
Lisa Graff adds a pinch of magic to a sharply crafted plot to create a novel that will have readers wondering about fate and the way we're all connected

Review 

A middle school fantasy book that is based on many different character viewpoints. A Tangle of Knots takes you on a magical journey in to a fantasy world where people can have their own special Talents. The relationships between the characters are intricately woven and interconnected in a way that makes you wander how the pieces were going to fall into place at the end of the book.

Cady is an eleven year old orphan, who has a remarkable talent for baking cakes and she matches the cakes based on the people she is making them for. Cady is also one of the only orphans that is unable to find the perfect family to match. So when a man stumbles into the orphanage by fate, her destiny leads her a lost luggage emporium, where she discovers a lot recipe, child searching for her own Talent and a Talent thief.

A Tangle of Knots has you flipping through the pages as every relationships morphs and falls into place, discovering the secrets and fates of the people involved when everything comes perfectly together in the end. Lisa Graff has a wonderful talent and remarkable imagination for storytelling that grips you from page one. Her characters are interesting and the story was delightfully cute and easy to read. Makes me feel sad for the lack of middle-grade book I had failed to read when I was younger.

One of the best parts was the recipes for the delicious cakes that are scattered through the book, that I myself cannot wait to try!